Building advanced grid applications (such as micro-inverters, AC battery inverters, DC optimizers) using discrete electronic components is a time-consuming and expensive approach. New applications can take 12 to 18 months to develop and test using this method.

Today, flexibility is just as important as speed. Currently, modifications to an existing grid application require extensive hardware architecture re-design and testing. This no longer makes sense in our rapidly changing environment because single-point solutions can quickly become obsolete.

Instead, Solantro’s open API to firmware architecture facilitates plug & play system integration and allows new features to be unlocked via software updates. Through Solantro’s control software, our client-partners’ grid applications become upgradeable assets that have the ability to adapt and evolve even after they've been deployed.